Anthony J. Trippe


Anthony Trippe currently holds the position of Practice Director, Intellectual Property Consulting for Aurigin Systems Inc, where he is responsible for developing Intellectual Property Consulting Services as part of the Aurigin Professional Services group. Mr. Trippe is working with many of the Fortune 50 companies in developing work processes and methods of analysis for Intellectual Property related research.

Previously, Mr Trippe was Technical Intelligence Manager for the Procter and Gamble Co, where he was responsible for managing work processes and analytical tools pertaining to Technical Intelligence and R&D decision support. Mr Trippe was also with Technology and Patent Research as a Patent Information Scientist responsible for performing patentability, validity and other assorted prior art searching for clients on a contract basis and spent three years with Chemical Abstracts Service as Southwestern Regional Marketing and Training Consultant and five years working as a Synthetic Organic Chemist in the biotech/pharma industry in San Diego, California. The highlight of Mr Trippe's career as an organic chemist included the synthesis of the first 500g GMP batch of Viracept for Agouron Pharmaceuticals. This material was used in the Phase One human clinical trials of Viracept, which is currently the number one prescribed HIV protease inhibitor in the United States.

Mr Trippe is one of the incorporators of the Patent Information Users Group Inc (PIUG Inc), a member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), a member of the Special Librarians Association, and a member of the Program Committee for the Chemical Information Division of the American Chemical Society.